Marina's Song

A song written for a dear friend:


She said my friend, I know a girl, who's got a love like this
Of different faiths, and different minds, but with one heart of bliss
They cry at night, under lock doors, of separate houses where
They write the letters of their soul and all that they can share

I said my friend I think I've heard that one a time before
It was a story legend's width of distant seas and shores
I heard my mother share it with me night coming on fast
Recall her trembling lips as she'd quickly laugh


Her song went something like this
A love without a kiss
It shook our breath's and made us smile
At least for a small while


My mother's rock of arm's tight hold
She'd try to smile there
As she taught me that some pure loves
Are not a part of life's hard fare


But baby love you to know
That every life can't have
A love that is with passion
A love that is grand

Some loves are simple like
The universe has done
They tie a boy and girl together
Or a mother to her son


My mama took me by my fingers in her palm
And kissed me on the forehead
Whispering of the dawn

The universe looked up
And saw the smiling girl
And hoped to her that she would see
Something more than what couldn't be

With boy and girl in locked house each
The universe would have some peace
That dawn would still come on
Somehow some day
in mother or friend's song

Or a girl's soft hands
Can find her dearest friend
And hold on there with all her love
Along until the end